EquineAnn Poetry Stop

[Horsa]

When you can't do right for doing wrong.
When you no longer feel like singing your song.
When you feel like you're no longer fit.
No matter how bad you feel, don't quit.

It's not until you lose all hope that it's gone.
If you give up chances of improvement are none.
Things can always get better.
They will only do this if you're a go-getter.

You don't know what you can do unless you try.
If you don't try to do what you want to do, you'll always be asking yourself why.
Sometimes fate has something better in store for you.
Sometimes we just have to make do with what we have, sometimes good enough just won't do.

 

[Horsa]

When everyone thinks that everything you say & do is wrong.
When you feel more like crying than singing a song.
Don't care as much about what other people think or say.
Your opinion matters too at the end of the day.
You've got to do what you want to do.
The only person who knows, thinks & experiences the things you do is you.

 

[Horsa]

Life is too short to argue & fight.
Why won't some people admit when they're wrong?
Why do some people always have to be right?
Why can't people just get along?

 

[Horsa]

To someone's darkness bring light.
For every wrong try to make things right.
To someone's sorrows bring joy.
Don't allow yourself to be too coy.
Bring relief to someone's pain.
Bring a ray of sunshine where they've got rain.

 

[Horsa]

Why am I always wrong even when I'm right?
Why do I always have to argue & fight?
Why can I never do right for doing wrong?
Why do people always insist on having a ding-dong?
Why can't I live life in peace?
Why do my troubles never cease?
Why do I get less joys than sorrows?
Why do all good times have to wait for tomorrows?
Why do I have to go through so much pain?
Why do I have less sun than rain?
Why do all the good things I get mostly have to be bought by high endeavour?
Why do hard times seem to last forever?

 

[Horsa]

Why do some people's good intentions never turn out right?
Why does some people's past come out to greet them & really bite?
Why are some people always picking up pieces?
Why is it that for some people bad luck never ceases?
You're always told to live life to the full.
Why are some people's lives so dull.
When you hit rock bottom up is the only way to go.
You climb up to the top before you get dealt another blow.
You get knocked down but you get up again.
You wonder when you're going to experience joy instead of all this pain.

 

[Horsa]

What makes you happy?

The sound of birdsong in the morning
Just as day is dawning.
Seeing horses & ponies in fields.
My strawberry plants & tasting the fruits it yields.
The summer sun looking in through the kitchen window.
Looking out of the window & seeing a rainbow.
Spring coming & seeing the daffodils.
Reading a good book & all the time it fills.
The elegance of rhyme.
Going out & having a good time.
Going on holiday to somewhere nice.
Getting things at a discounted price.

 

[Horsa]

I imagine a place
full of horses &
ponies, a place where
all animals roam free.
I imagine a place
where everyone lives in
peace & everyone shares
everything & works together
so money isn't necessary
& the only concern
is people's health. I
imagine a place where
people with all different
beliefs get on well
without constantly arguing &
know when to agree
to disagree.

 

[Horsa]

Why are most of our most famous entertainers dying?
Why does it seem that we've always got reasons for crying?
Household names have been dying for quite a while, now it's Ken Dodd.
For those that believe they've now gone to live with God.
I think it's such a shame.
There's no one else from where they came.
To think they've no replacement is bad.
I know he lived a good, long life but it's still sad.

 

[Horsa]

The life of a woman

Women don't only look pretty.
Some women are quite witty.
Not all women are weak.
A strong woman is not a freak.
They don't just have a pretty face.
They don't just clean & tidy the place.
Women aren't just there.
Women don't just care.
Women don't just share.
Contrary to what some people think women don't just think about men, make-up, nails, clothes & hair.
The opinion some men have about women is so unfair.
Women don't just cook & bake.
Women's eyelashes & nails aren't always fake.
Some women play the stereotypical female role.
To some women proving they're just as capable as man is a big goal.
Women can do what they want to do & be what they want to be.
Women are free.
So-called women's work can be hard.
Sometimes because they have families their future is marred.
They say "women's work is never done".
Therefore women should also have more fun.
Women have the same rights as men.
When will they always be seen as equals? When? When? When?

 

[Horsa]

It's distressing to see someone you love with cancer dying.
You've got to stay positive for them but inside you're crying.
It's hard to think of the ones you love not being here anymore.
You expect them any minute to come walking through your door.
At some point in your life friends & family have to die.
At some point in your life you feel like doing nothing but cry.
Death is something that comes to us all.
Friends, family & pets all get the call.
It's not nice when our pets, friends or family are dead.
We have to think we'll never lose them but they're not in our day to day lives but live in our minds instead.
We look at photo albums & think of all the times we had together, all the things we shared & what we did.
We especially think of those we lost who we knew from being a little kid.

 

[Horsa]

It's World poetry day today!
Happy World poetry day!
I'm game if you want to have a rhyme off or bit of poetic word-play.

This is a lot of fun.
I also like the odd pun.

 

[Horsa]

Poetry is a good way of expressing how you feel where no subject is taboo.
It's a good way of explaining why you feel the way you do.
Writing songs in rhyme works better still because you end up singing them too.
I just love the elegance of rhyme.
I have done for a very long time.
You can write your inner-most thoughts down in verse.
You can make them into a song & the tunes rehearse.

 

[Horsa]

Wouldn't it be boring if everyone always thought & felt the same way?
Wouldn't it be monotonous if we all did the same things everyday?

 

[Horsa]

I hope you had a nice day.
I hope everything went your way.
I hope you had good weather.
I hope you were successful in every endeavour.
I hope you had time to relax too.
I hope you did what you wanted to do.

 

[Horsa]

Life is like a long road.
We have to travel it with our heavy load.
We have many paths to turn but we can only look back.
We can never back-track.
Sometimes our road is full of bends.
At other times it seems to be full of dead-ends.
Sometimes we just appear to be constantly climbing hills.
Sometimes we need to rest at the bottom & our tanks need re-fills.

 

[Horsa]

I should think of
myself as highly as
I think of others.
I should think of

myself as equal to
others and I should
care for my own
needs, thoughts & opinions

as much as I
think of other people's.
I should be as
nice to myself as

I am to others
& stop beating myself
up over every little
mistake & apologising &

explaining myself too much.

 

[Horsa]

Why do nature's gifts always have to come at a price?
Why does this price have to be a life that's not too nice?
How come you have to fight for & earn most of the good things in life?
How come no matter how nice you are & how much work you do, you always have trouble & strife?
Why do you think everything is going well then everything goes wrong?
Why do we always need a period of crying after a song?
Why does the news always have to be sad?
Why do there never seem to be enough reasons to be glad?
They say that life is what you make it.
I really don't believe it one bit.
They say money makes the world go round.
Lives & happiness are more important I found.

 

[Horsa]

Why do some people always have to be right?
Why do some people always have to argue & fight?
Why do some people think they're never wrong & always right?
Why do others think they're always wrong & never right?
Why can some people never stand peace & quiet?
How come with some people there's always a riot?

 

[Horsa]

I don't know what to say anymore. Is it just me?
You can't say this or that because it's not P.C.
Other people can be extremely rude.
You can't say what you want though in case it's misconstrued.
You're asked for your feelings & thoughts.
When you give them, though you get nasty retorts.
Sometimes you feel like you just can't win.
Sometimes you just feel like giving in.